Portrait of a Lady by Thomas Farthing of Ipswich Suffolk
This cartes de viste photo was taken by Thomas Finch Farthing who was born in Ipswich c 1834.
He married Martha Fountain c 1860 in Ipswich. At this time he was working as an iron molder. However by the 1871 census he was living in Tacket St and working as a photographer and this was still the case in 1881.
By 1891 he had set up the Albert Studio at Saville Cottage, Merton Road, Tooting Graveney and continued working as a photographer until he died in 1902 in Tooting.
So this photo dates from the 1870- 1880's period and is probably from the latter.
His son Edward Thomas b 1866 Ipswich was also working as a photographer in Tooting in 1911
Daughters Eleanor and Florence also worked as photographers at the Albert Studio in Tooting
Portrait of a Lady by Thomas Farthing of Ipswich Suffolk
This cartes de viste photo was taken by Thomas Finch Farthing who was born in Ipswich c 1834.
He married Martha Fountain c 1860 in Ipswich. At this time he was working as an iron molder. However by the 1871 census he was living in Tacket St and working as a photographer and this was still the case in 1881.
By 1891 he had set up the Albert Studio at Saville Cottage, Merton Road, Tooting Graveney and continued working as a photographer until he died in 1902 in Tooting.
So this photo dates from the 1870- 1880's period and is probably from the latter.
His son Edward Thomas b 1866 Ipswich was also working as a photographer in Tooting in 1911
Daughters Eleanor and Florence also worked as photographers at the Albert Studio in Tooting